Its 'wheely' great to get the wheels started on the Italeri Mercedes-Benz Actros MP4!

Its 'wheely' great to get the wheels started on the Italeri Mercedes-Benz Actros MP4! These are slightly different to the wheels which usually come in these kits in that the drive hub is a separate part which actually is a lot better for detail and painting.

So far I have just assembled the wheel rims which are now ready for the paint shop.

Also getting ready for paint is the cab starting with the cab base.

Whilst the upper side is nicely detailed, the underside suffers from both ejector pin marks and holes where there should be a solid base. The ejector pin marks were filled with a plastic filler and smoothed off.

The holes were 'plated' over with some thin plastic card which will at least prevent the 1/25th scale drivers belongings falling on the engine when he puts them in the storage lockers above!